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UN Experts Observe ‘Alarming’ Trend Against Free Speech, Protest in US
A designated area for protesters is seen outside an event for US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the Savannah Center in Cincinnati, Ohio March 13, 2016. Credit: Reuters Geneva:...
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A Year Into Power Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Acknowledges Slow Pace of Reforms
With a festering Rohingya crisis, increased fighting with ethnic armed groups and a slower economic growth, Suu Kyi has struggled to match expectations. Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi...
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Pakistan Resumes Repatriation of Afghan Refugees
An Afghan refugee woman waits with her children to be repatriated to Afghanistan, at the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan April 3, 2017. Credit:...
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Will a New UN Treaty Transform Nuclear and International Affairs?
This is the first multilateral negotiation on nuclear weapons since the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was adopted in 1996. Representative image. A nuclear explosion. Credit: Wikimedia Commons...
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Egypt Will Fight Islamist Militancy Together, Trump Tells Al-Sisi
US President Donald Trump meets Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, US, April 3, 2017. Credit: Reuters Washington: US President Donald Trump...
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India Tells US It Is Interested in Only ‘Bilateral Redressal’ With Pakistan
The external affairs ministry has reacted predictably by dismissing Nikki Haley’s claim that the US will “find its place” in talks between India and Pakistan. South Carolina governor Nikki Haley speaks...
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More Than 3,00,000 People Displaced From Mosul, Says UN
More people are expected to flee the fighting and camps for the displaced in the north and east of Mosul are expanding, the UN statement said. Displaced Iraqis who had fled their homes wait to enter at...
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US Funding Cut May Have Devastating Effects, Warns UN Chief
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres (2nd R) exists a car during his visit to Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria March 28, 2017. Credit: Reuters UN: UN...
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When UN Fails in Syria, States Will Be ‘Compelled to Act’, Says US
Men ride a motorbike past a hazard sign at a site hit by an airstrike on Tuesday in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria April 5, 2017. The hazard sign reads, “Danger, unexploded...
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Window to Restructure Global Economy, Ensure Sustainable Development Closing,...
‘Quantitative easing’ has not only failed to ensure a robust recovery, but has also exacerbated the inequalities and disparities breeding ethno-chauvinist populism, says the report. The World Economic...
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Is Trump’s Strike in Syria Changing International Law?
The recent American airstrike in Syria has created a new norm in international law sanctioning the unilateral use of force to punish those who deploy chemical weapons against their own people. Youth...
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Can António Guterres Ward Off The US’s War on the UN?
The UN chief has a tough task ahead, especially with Donald Trump at the helm in the US. António Guterres has traveled to Africa, Europe and the Middle East since becoming UN secretary-general in...
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US Sanctions to Possibly Target North Korea Oil Imports, Airline: Sources
A man walks the the street decorated with flags as North Korea prepares to mark Saturday’s 105th anniversary of the birth of Kim Il-sung. Credit: Reuters/Damir Sagolj Washington: Despite sending a...
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UN Votes to End Haiti Peacekeeping Mission, Replace it With Smaller Police
UN peacekeepers patrol the neighbourhood of Cite Soleil together with Haitian national police officers and members of UNPOL (UN Police) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 3, 2017. Picture taken March 3,...
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Iraqi Forces Gain Ground in Mosul Battle, Seven Months On
The troops’ progress has been slow as about 400,000 civilians, or a quarter of Mosul’s pre-war population, are trapped in the Old City, according to the UN. A member of the Iraqi federal police takes...
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US Government Headed For Conflict With UN Over Peacekeeping Dues
At the same time, a broad campaign against UN peacekeeping is also being waged in the Security Council by ambassador Nikki Haley. A memorial service for a UN peacekeeper, Corp. Khalid El Hasnaoui of...
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After Finding 17 Mass Graves in Congo, UN Warns of International Court Probe
King Leopold described Africa as “the magnificent cake” to be devoured by his ilk and the impact of his brutal savagery continues to play out in the Congo and its surrounding countries even today....
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Nikki Haley’s ‘Historic’ Debate on Human Rights Was Patently Underwhelming
Haley’s brief speech fell short of introducing innovations to confront rights violations or prevent them in places such as Syria, Burundi and Myanmar. Nikki Haley, the American ambassador to the UN,...
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Amid the Ongoing War, Fear of Famine in Yemen
People gather to collect food rations at a food distribution center in Sanaa, Yemen March 21, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Khaled Abdullah Geneva: “Famine-like conditions” have been detected in areas of...
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Hundreds Flee Mosul Fighting as Others Return to Former ISIS Areas
A displaced Iraqi man kisses his daughter as the battle between the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service and Islamic State militants continues nearby, in western Mosul, Iraq, April 23, 2017. Credit:...
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